We now have Quarter 4 H1B visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 PERM visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 H2A visa FY 2023 data.
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Nebraska Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
20,885 82.32% $74,077 H-1B
2,243 8.84% $131,136 PERM
2,115 8.34% $32,879 H-2A
129 0.51% $87,004 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Nebraska has seen a total of 25,372 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Nebraska is the H-1B visa with 20,885 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 82.32% of Nebraska's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 2,243 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 8.84% of Nebraska's total visas.

Top Occupations in Nebraska (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Management Analysts 238 $66,515 95.20%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 217 $77,173 90.04%
Biological Scientists, All Other 176 $48,217 82.24%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 169 $47,737 89.89%
Statisticians 165 $55,022 91.67%
Accountants and Auditors 146 $51,170 84.39%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 146 $44,256 91.25%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 138 $108,725 86.25%
Operations Research Analysts 129 $62,556 84.87%
Mechanical Engineers 123 $65,524 87.86%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Systems Software 36 $92,549 69.23%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 34 $45,632 68.00%
Agricultural Equipment Operators 30 $36,094 78.95%
Animal Breeders 24 $31,520 66.67%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 24 $64,534 75.00%
Statisticians 24 $48,764 82.76%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 20 $56,904 80.00%
Database Administrators 18 $77,502 75.00%
Slaughterers and Meat Packers 18 $24,932 78.26%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 16 $26,169 72.73%
Nebraska Employees Over Time
Nebraska has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 859 employees were hired. Nebraska peaked in 2018 with 2,132 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 312 in 2025.

Top Countries with Workers in Nebraska From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Macedonia 5 $37,980 38.46%
Japan 5 $41,648 41.67%
Ethiopia 5 $35,194 41.67%
Syria 5 $97,713 45.45%
Afghanistan 5 $35,194 50.00%
Argentina 4 $53,213 40.00%
Serbia 4 $48,427 40.00%
Australia 4 $114,092 44.44%
Colombia 4 $36,335 44.44%
United States Of America 4 $57,034 44.44%

Top Hiring Companies in Nebraska (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Veridic Solutions Llc 5 $87,651 100.00%
Us Bank National Association 5 $94,731 100.00%
Xceedance Inc 5 $93,105 100.00%
Regional West Physicians Clinic 5 $159,427 100.00%
Taylor Corporation 5 $101,101 100.00%
Hexagon Lincoln Llc 4 $77,834 80.00%
Henderson Health Care Services Inc 4 $41,392 80.00%
Vernus Technologies Inc 4 $82,774 80.00%
Securities America Financial Corporation 4 $78,167 80.00%
Midlands Family Medicine Llp 4 $111,053 80.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Lamb Farm And Feedyard 1 $38,106 100.00%
Brodersen Trucking Llc 1 $38,106 100.00%
Wrights Trucking And Harvesting 1 $22,173 100.00%
Magarin Farms Llc 1 $36,046 100.00%
Travis Sprout 1 $38,106 100.00%
Bonnie Plants Llc 70 1 1 $38,106 100.00%
Mcdonald Apiaries 1 $21,611 100.00%
Anderson Livestock Llc 1 $36,046 100.00%
Burwell Feeders Llc 1 $36,046 100.00%
Mawhirter Horst Harvesting Llc 1 $31,179 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Nebraska (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 354 $32,696 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 336 $32,860 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 218 $33,723 100.00%
Cattle Feedlots 195 $34,277 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 193 $34,551 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 152 $33,871 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 105 $34,317 100.00%
Potato Farming 87 $33,863 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 72 $33,621 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming 66 $33,390 100.00%

Nebraska Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Nebraska to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Nebraska over all years is $74,077. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage